Facebook Inc. (FB) Wins 100 Domains, $2.8M Judgment in Misspelling Case

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In another case, Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) lost a typosquatting case last summer against the owner of the site Oogle.com. Google filed a claim against Oogle.com, which was a domain that led users to porn sites. Google claimed it was easy for users to misspell google.com and go to the adult site, but the owner of the Oogle.com domain was able to argue successfully – though the National Arbitration Forum had “suspicions” about the claim – that he registered the domain before Google had become so popular. Google lost the case because it was unable to prove bad faith” on the part of the Oogle.com owner to register its own domain, which was a critical factor in ruling that a case of typosquatting had occurred. So Oogle.com was allowed to remain.

What are your thoughts about this Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) case, and your thoughts in general about the underground typosquatting industry? Do you think this Facebook case  can deter future typosquatters? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.

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